Defensive action with bulletproof backspacks.

Defensive action with bulletproof backspacks. NEW CLOTHES? CHECK. NOTEBOOKS and binders? Check. Bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly backpack? Check ...? As many parents tackled back-to-school shopping lists last month,one new safety item they might not have thought to consider--MyChild's Pack was on the market, thanks to two fathers in NorthShore, Mass. It started after the Columbine columbine, in botanycolumbine(kŏl`əmbīn), any plant of the genus Aquilegia, temperate-zone perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), popular both as wildflowers and as garden flowers. shooting in 1999, when Joe Curranand Michael Pelonzi watched and worried for their own children. Theydeveloped the idea to put bulletproof material inside a backpack.They're calling it defensive action. Others, however, are callingit impractical im��prac��ti��cal?adj.1. Unwise to implement or maintain in practice: Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense.2. and counterproductive coun��ter��pro��duc��tive?adj.Tending to hinder rather than serve one's purpose: "Violation of the court order would be counterproductive"Philip H. Lee. . "There is a huge difference between feeling safer and actuallybeing safer," says Kenneth S. Trump, president of National SchoolSafety and Security Services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the . "Calls for bulletproof backpacks ...to deflect de��flect?intr. & tr.v. de��flect��ed, de��flect��ing, de��flectsTo turn aside or cause to turn aside; bend or deviate.[Latin d bullets may sound good to desperate parents, but the ideasare basically impractical to those who understand schools andkids." Curran and Pelonzi maintain that they're just two dads tryingto do what's best for their kids and other parents throughout thecountry who feel the same. Pelonzi says the procedure for most emergencies in schools is"lock the doors, shut the lights off, and wait for thepolice," and with the bullet-deflecting backpack they're doingthe best they can with the options that they have. But Trump argues that "the first and best line of defense is awell-trained, highly alert school staff and student body." He addsthat the majority of kids do not carry backpacks in school all day andthat administrators are increasingly requiring students to leavebackpacks in lockers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pelonzi says they have sold more than 1,000 of the $175 backpacksnationwide since they went on sale in August. Orders have even come infrom Beverly Hills Beverly Hills,city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. . For more information about the backpacks visitwww.mychildspack.com.